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Ticks (cont.)

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When to Seek Medical Care

  • Call or see a doctor if any of these conditions exist:


    • The person or child bitten by a tick exhibits any weakness, paralysis, lethargy, confusion, fever, numbness, headache, or rashes.


    • The tick cannot be removed from the skin, or the head and mouthparts remain in the skin after removal.


    • Symptoms listed above persist or get worse.


    • Pregnant individuals should inform their doctors of tick bites and particularly before they take any medications.


    • Immunosuppressed individuals (for example those with HIV or cancer or who are receiving cancer chemotherapy) should inform their physicians of tick bites.

  • Go immediately to a hospital's emergency department if a tick bite causes any of the following:


    • fever,


    • headache,


    • confusion,


    • weakness or paralysis,


    • numbness,


    • vomiting,


    • difficulty breathing, or


    • palpitations.

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